When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers.
When I was an academic, I'd sometimes get a little feeling of excitement when I had an idea that was, I hoped, fresh. And whether anyone should act on that idea is a very different question.
My parents are wonderful, practical, sensible people, and the expectation was that I would study something academic.
The educated man had throughout the ages found a way to covert passionate activity into silent and motionless pleasure. He can sit still in a room and not perish.
Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.
A learned man is an idler who kills time by study.
In the Sanghi family, there is no one who has undertaken intellectual pursuits.
Abandon learning and there will be no sorrow.
I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation
In my youth I studied for ostentation; later, a little to gain wisdom; now, for recreation; never for gain.
Alas, I have studied philosophy, the law as well as medicine, and to my sorrow, theology; studied them well with ardent zeal, yet here I am, a wretched fool, no wiser than I was before.
Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.
The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure.
My focus has always been on the work - that work being critical thinking and writing. I am always doing that. That's where I am, wherever I am. Critical thinking and writing as my heartbeat.
The field of 'economics and organization' is still young and needs support. I have been a chaired professor much of my academic life and know that such chairs are important for recruiting and retaining faculty.
Be not merely a man of letters! Let literature be an honorable augmentations to your arms, not constitute the coat or fill the escutcheon!
